Improvement in wagon-bodies



Patented July 16, 1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BODIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,055, dated July 16,1872.

SPECIFICATION.

Specification describinganew and Improved Method of Fastening togetherWagon-Boxes, or other form or nature of a box, invented by CHARLES W.RAY, of Summitville, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana.

My invention relates to the construction of wagon-boxes, or any form ornature of a box, in such manner that the bottom, sides, and ends may beput together readily, one piece or part at a time, without using anynails, screws, rods, bolts, or taps to secure the pieces or parts intheir proper'places, and at the same time capable of being readily takenapart, one piece or part at a time, without the trouble or delay ofloosing or removing fastenin gs of any kind; the object being tofacilitate the putting together and taking apart, and the convenientpacking, for storage or transportation, of boxes, or anything in theform and nature of a box.

Figure 1 is aplan of the bottom of the box. Fig. 2 is an insiderepresentation of a side piece of the box. Fig. 3 is an outsiderepresentation of a side piece of the box. Fig. 4 is an edge view of aside piece of the box. Fig. 5 is an outside representation of an endpiece of the box. Fig. 6 is an edge view of an end piece of the box.-

A represents stirrups, which pass through the bottom and confinesupports on the under side of the bottom, the bottom being cut out underthe top of such stirrups sufiiciently to receive the hooks B on thelower ends of the straps D D, which have each a hoop, B, on the lowerend, formed by bending the same, which are inserted into the stirrups A,and so confine the side of the box firmly in its place to the bottom;and in high boxes they extend above the side (to which they are fastenedwith rivets) high enough to admit the hole 0 in the upper end,(answering the same purpose as the stirrup at the bottom,) toreceive thehook B on the upper section of the side. Straps E E and F F are fastenedat the ends of the side and end pieces on the outer side by rivets orotherwise, and are made of any kind of metal suitable for the purpose.At their edges, which extend past the ends of the side and end pieces,to which they are fastened,

they are bent in such manner as to formgrooves, as represented by E Eand F F in edge views in Figs. 4 and 6. The ends of the side and endpieces are cut to a miter, the

.shorter side of the miter being on the inside of the box, as shown by GG in Figs. 4 and 6.

I claim as my invention 1. The straps E E and F F, bent so as to formgrooves for fastening together the sides and ends of boxes,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The stirrups A and hooks B, as used for fastening together the bottomand sides of boxes, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbeforeset forth.

Witnesses: CHARLES W. RAY.

REUBEN ALLEN, JOHN MILES WILLIAMS.

